Michigan

Sowing Seeds for Spring: An Earth Day Reflection

April 22, 2024 | By Nichole Keway Biber

On Earth Day and as the traditional nursery rhyme about April showers and May flowers perhaps come to mind, there is an invitation to greet this time of year with a sense of hope for renewal.

Backyard garden with decorative sign "Planting A Seed Is Believing In Tomorrow"

Taking Back Our Power in Michigan - Act Now!

We can no longer allow monopoly corporations and corporations seeking state contracts to buy their way out of accountability and drown out the voice of the people. The Taking Back Our Power coalition is working to pass a Michigan state law that comprehensively prohibits these corporations from making state or local political contributions. Add your name in support!

Working To Keep The Great Lakes State Great: Michigan 2023 In Review

December 17, 2023 | By Sean McBrearty

2023 has been a year of change and a year of some big victories in Michigan, from historic investments in our state budget for water infrastructure, addressing water affordability, and ensuring that all Michigan schools and daycare centers have lead-free drinking water systems to repealing “No Stricter Than Federal” and continuing to play a lead role in the ongoing fight to shut down the Line 5 pipeline. Our movement is built from the bottom up and without your ongoing support, none of this would be possible.

Straits of Mackinac, Michigan: Protect Clean Water in 2023 And Beyond

Manoomin Uplifts Relationship To Water

December 12, 2023 | By Nichole Keway Biber

Manoomin, referred to as wild rice in English, is a sacred food and traditional dietary staple to the Anishinaabe nations Indigenous to the Great Lakes. Manoomin is understood as “the food that grows on the water,” and once had a widespread presence.

Line 5 Propaganda Is Everywhere - But So Are We. Fact Checking Enbridge:

December 2, 2023 | By Nichole Keway Biber

Everyday the Canadian corporate behemoth Enbridge pushes Line 5 oil across 645 miles of Michigan lands, crossing numerous waterways including underneath the heart of the Great Lakes at the Straits of Mackinac, is another day of potential catastrophe.

Indigenous women protest next to the Straits of Mackinac and Line 5

Community Power in Southeast Michigan | Knowledge is Power - Energizing The Midwest

Knowledge Is Power: Community Power in Southeast Michigan

October 31, 2023 | By Jackson Koeppel

The Public Power Project travelled across the Midwest where communities are maintaining their own energy grids, learning the sometimes complicated world of power generation, or fighting for local control over the flow of resources and capital in their communities.